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vitamins
minerals
phytochemicals
fatty acids
macronutrients
amino acids
W hat is CheckYourFood.com?
We’ve made it easier than ever to CHECK and TRACK the benefits of your daily food so you can be Fitter, Healthier, Stronger and more Resistant to infection & disease.
Our aim when launching CheckYourFood.com was to provide 'evidence based' nutritional information that everyone could access and take control of their health & wellbeing.
Since launching we’ve helped people reach all kinds of goals, from losing weight to overcoming health problems, building strength and endurance, avoiding allergens, identifying deficiencies and helping with ageing. Not only that, when you Check Your Food you will be healthier, have more energy, sleep better and concentrate more easily!
So food’s no longer about counting calories or following the latest trends; it’s about giving your body everything it needs to protect and enhance your HEALTH & FITNESS.
CheckYourFood is free to use on a basic level, with over 2000 ingredients and over 900 recipes, all displayed with their full nutritional content & health benefits. You can also check for allergens, find foods that help with IBS (FODMAPS) and even check the sugar content & glycemic load of ingredients and recipes.
Recommended daily intakes, the effects of cooking and realistic portion sizes are all taken into account so you get the most accurate view of the nutrition & health benefits of your food.
Not only that, CheckYourFood.com has the fully referenced science backed health benefits of over 80 nutrients along with the foods highest in them.
All of the information on CheckYourFood is thoroughly researched, regularly reviewed & is provided within the framework of the NHS England Information Standard. So you know you’re getting the latest & most credible health benefit information.
My Premium Account
If you want more then sign up for your My Premium Account where you’ll be able to track what you’re eating, by keeping a food diary, analyse your meals and plan menus to maximise the health benefits of your food. You can also track your sugar intake and the glycemic load of your meals.
H ow is CheckYourFood.com different from other sites?
We connect: what nutrients do for us (science); which nutrients are in our food; how much we need to protect our health; the effects of cooking and realistic portion sizes.
We provide the full nutritional content (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, essential amino acids, fatty acids, protein, carbohydrate and fats) of over 2,000 ingredients and 900 meals and compares ingredients based on realistic portion sizes and likely cooking losses.
We only use 'cleansed' food composition data that is compared across the different data sources (as there are mistakes in the UK and US databases). We are the only site to offer the full nutrient content by combining our data sources, as no one data source includes the analysis for all nutrients.
You can apply cooking methods so you can see how the nutritional content of your food is affected by cooking.
Our food diary report gives you a full nutritional breakdown of what you have eaten over a time period with an easy to understand traffic light system so you can see where you have done well, where you are doing OK but need more of a nutrient and where you are really lacking nutrients.
CheckYourFood.com allows you to analyse your own meals by applying the cooking methods to get a more accurate report of the nutritional content of your finished meal.
We provide the ingredient amounts, cooking methods and the full nutritional breakdown of recipes so you can cook the meal yourself and know the nutritional value. You can also add your own meal recipes.
You can filter out ingredients and meals that contain any of the 14 allergens set by the UK Food Standards Agency.
See below a comparison of CheckYourFood with other popular health and fitness sites.
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| Basic nutritional breakdown of ingredients and meals - i.e. just calories, carbs, fat, protein |  |
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| Food diary report with basic nutritional breakdown - i.e. just calories, cabs, fat, protein | |
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| Food diary report with full nutritional breakdown of all nutrients | |
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| Full nutritional breakdown of all nutrients for ingredients and meals | |
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| Shows how cooking methods affect nutritional content | |
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| ‘Traffic lights’ so you know which nutrients you need to get more of to stay healthy | |
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| Analyse your own meals to get a full nutritional breakdown of all nutrients | |
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| Build up your own personal database of analysed recipes for adding to your food diary | |
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| Select existing recipes and personalise them with your ingredients, cooking methods and amounts | |
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| Recipes for all the meals in the site with full nutritional breakdown of all nutrients | |
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| Find ingredients and meals high in specific nutrients | |
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| Overviews and links to the latest science backed health benefits on 89 nutrients | |
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| Filter out ingredients with allergens | |
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| All nutrient amounts expressed as a percentage of your RDA/RI (recommended daily allowance/intake) | |
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| 89 nutrients represented including phytochemicals (polyphenols) | |
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CheckYourFood.com was designed to be beneficial to many types of people. Please select an option below to see how it can work for you!
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If you are interested in staying healthy you need to make sure you are meeting your RDAs for nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, phytochemicals, essential amino acids, fibre, carbohydrate and protein).
Our recipe analyser allows you to check the exact nutritional content of the meals you are preparing and build up your own database of meals for adding to your food diary as you go along.
Our food diary report uses a simple traffic light system to clearly show you which nutrients you need more of and you can then adjust your meals accordingly and maximise the health benefits of your food.
Watch the video to see how CheckYourFood.com can help you!
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Learn about all what all the nutrients do and view the latest research on them.
Get a breakdown of exactly which nutrients are in food so you can give your clients the best advice. Vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, essential amino acids, fatty acids, protein, carbohydrate, fat and calories are all included.
You can monitor your clients food diary to ensure they are eating what you recommend and create a menu plan for your client to use during their week.
If your client has a food allergy, you can look up ingredients and meals high in certain nutrients, and then exclude ingredients or meals that contain any of the 14 allergens outlined by the Food Standards Agency.
Go to our sister site which has been specifically developed for health professionals - CheckYourNutrition and get started.
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If you are concerned about the safety or price of fitness supplements you can use CheckYourFood.com make sure you get enough of the essential amino acids and protein you need to recover from training and build muscle.
Watch the video to see how CheckYourFood.com can help you!
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If you are interested in the health of your family you need to make sure you are all meeting your personal RDAs for nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, phytochemicals, essential amino acids, fibre, carbohydrate and protein) to maximise the health benefits of your food.
Our food diary report uses a simple traffic light system to clearly show you which nutrients you or your children need more of and you can then adjust your meals accordingly and establish a truly balanced diet for your family.
If your child doesn’t like a certain food you can find other foods that they do like to provide them with all the nutrients they need.
If your child has an allergy, when browsing for ingredients and meals high in certain nutrients, you can exclude allergens (any of the 14 provided by the Food Standards Agency).
You can use the menu planner to plan the most nutritious meals your family need well in advance.
You can build your own database of tried and tested recipes for adding to the food diary as you go along.
Watch the video to see how CheckYourFood.com can help you!
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The subject of nutrition is increasingly on the agenda for schools from Jamie Oliver’s school dinners to the World Health Organisation's Food and Nutrition Policy for schools.
Knowledge about good nutrition is now seen as a vital life skill.
CheckYourFood.com is a tool that gives teachers up to date, accurate, information that they can use when planning lessons. The students can learn about nutrition and about the nutritional value of the food they are cooking.
It has applications for the food technology department, the science department, with an overview of nutritional science and the PE department where nutrition increasingly plays a part in fitness training.
CheckYourFood is also a great tool for the catering department to use when planning school meals, using the meal analyser the nutritional content of meals can be greatly enhanced.
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Join the 'Health by Stealth' revolution by using our meal analyser to get a full breakdown of all the nutrients in your meals and maximise the health benefits of every meal you provide. You can also let your customers/readers see how good your meals are!
You can use our professional RDAs to provide meals for all your customers with guidelines on the amounts of nutrients.
You can easily create and analyse nutritious meals for special diets, that exclude any of the 14 allergens outlined by the Food Standards Agency.
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As we age our intake of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, fatty acids) becomes more important to stave off the traditional effects of ageing. Use our food diary to track your intake and access advice on how much you need on a daily basis to protect your long term health and establish a truly balanced diet for your age.
Watch the video to see how CheckYourFood.com can help you!
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